Home Office

The complainant has requested information about the timeline for announcing proposals to restructure parts of the Identity and Passport Service. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office does not hold any further information within the scope of the complainant’s requests. It also provided him with adequate advice and assistance with regard to his requests. However, it should have provided a formal denial as to whether certain information was held within 20 working days. In failing to do so, it contravened sections 1 and 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps because it provided a formal denial to the complainant during the course of his investigation.